Lincoln imposes no cap on how many nights per year a home may be rented short-term. Once licensed under LMC Chapter 5.39, an operator may rent year-round. The ordinance regulates through licensing, occupancy limits, safety standards, and complaint-based revocation rather than an annual night limit.
Neither the City of Lincoln nor Lancaster County sets an annual or seasonal limit on rental nights for a licensed short-term rental. LMC Chapter 5.39 requires a license, enforces a two-guests-per-sleeping-area occupancy cap, mandates safety certification, and allows revocation after three or more verified noise or disturbance complaints in a calendar year, but it contains no maximum-night or maximum-day provision. A properly licensed Lincoln host may therefore operate year-round. Practical limits come instead from the occupancy cap, tax obligations, zoning district, and any HOA covenants. Unincorporated Lancaster County has no STR license or night cap; land use there is governed by the Lancaster County Zoning Resolution under Neb. Rev. Stat. 23-114.
Because there is no night cap, none is enforced. Enforcement instead targets operating without a license, exceeding occupancy limits, or repeat disturbances, each a misdemeanor under LMC 5.39.050 with fines up to $500 per day.
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